Going Bananas All Over You Cake: A Sweet Treat for Enrique

"Sweetheart, I'll be home soon! Can't wait to kiss your lips."

Those candy sweet words spoken by Enrique kept replaying and I can't seem to get them out of my head. It's so lyrical, musical making each step I take as if I'm on the beat that goes on Salsa-on 2. My steps are matching very well with the percussion (clave and tumbao).

I place my left hand on my stomach. My stomach is making somersault, a feeling that sends me all the way back to the memory lane of teenage years. Just that this feeling now can only get better, it is no longer an infatuation. Yea hey, to love and be loved are like ecstasy (not that I've ever tried it!!). The best feeling in the world is being with someone who wants you as much as you want him (I’m seeing some of you are nodding your head in agreement with me).

I devour his warm lips pressing against mine, evoking sensuous emotions that are so magical flowing into my veins. It feels like he and I are floating, high above the stars. Heartbeat, heartbeat, heartbeat. I can feel his heartbeat running through me. Stop stealing my heart away.

Plop,plop,fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is. My man, the only man in my life is coming home. And his favourite cake shall be baked.

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GOING BANANAS ALL OVER ME CAKE RECIPE

#Grain Free # Gluten Free #Refined Sugar Free # Dairy Free

Ingredients:

2 Cups of Ripe Bananas (mashed)

2 cups of Organic Sweet Potatoes (grated)

2 1/2 cups of Organic Carrots (grated)

4 tbsp of 100% Natural Cacao Powder Unsweetened

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Soda Bicarbonate

1/8 cups (30ml) of Grapeseed Oil or Olive Oil

1/8 cups (30ml) of Organic Pure Maple Syrup

1 tsp of Vanilla Essence (optional)

Pre-heat the oven for 10 minutes at 180 degree Celcius. In the meantime, put the bananas into a food processor, grate sweet potatoes and carrots. (If your carrots are too wet then you may want to press them against the kitchen tissues). Then transfer them into a bowl and mix evenly. Add on all other dry ingredients and then followed by the grapeseed oil, pure maple syrup and vanilla essence (if you like). Mix them well. Grease the baking dish lightly with grapeseed oil before transferring all the mixture from the bowl into it.

Place the baking dish into the middle section of the oven. Leave the mixture to bake for 1 hour at 180 degree Celcius. Once it is baked, remove the baking dish from the oven and allow it to cool down for about 20-30 minutes before transferring the cake onto a serving dish; slice it into smaller piece for sharing. Going Bananas All Over You Cake is going to melt in your mouth and your body will be grateful for all its goodness.

The Goodness to your health:

Bananas:

Bananas contain ‘resistant starch’ which ensures the fruit takes longer to be digested – which gives two main benefits 1) Bananas help to keep bowel regularity; rich in prebiotics, indigestible carbohydrates that feed probiotics (healthy bacteria) in the digestive system and keep the gut healthy and 2) stabilizes the blood sugar levels that helps in managing diabetes. Therefore bananas are great help in managing diabetes and hunger pangs. Additionally, they are also very rich in potassium which helps control high blood pressure and contain amino acid tryptophan that helps your body to relax. Be sure to grab a banana when you are stressed.

Sweet Potatoes:

Sweet potatoes are richer in nutrients than potatoes. They are one of the best food sources of beta-carotenes (antioxidant) that helps to boost immune system, improves night vision and has strong anti-cancer action while the sterols and pectin content helps reduce LDL cholesterol. It contains low GI with ability to stabilize insulin which is useful for diabetics and also antioxidant minerals and vit E to protect skin.

Carrots:

Carrots are also rich in beta carotenes. They studies that have shown carrots reduce the risk of lung cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer. They helps you with glowing skin, have anti-aging properties and prevent heart disease to name a few.

This sweet treat has all the goodness for your health. I hope you will savour “Going Bananas All Over You Cake” that is not only vegan but also grain free, gluten free, refined sugar free and also dairy free. Nourished with goodness of nutrients and phytochemicals plus an allergens free sweet-tooth fix.

Till we meet again in the next chapter of LOVE KITCHEN by the romantic soul.

Lots of love,

Aina

#glutenfree #naturalcacao #dairyfree #grainfree #plantbased